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Foreword 


Church  that  provides  annually  at  least  as  much  as  the  salary  of  a 
single  missionary  is  in  the  Living-link  class.  The  amount  necessary 
for  this  is  $600.  There  has  been  nothing  in  our  missionary  history 
that  has  done  more  to  make  the  work  real  and  vital  than  the 
Living-link  plan.  It  has  lifted  scores  of  Churches  to  a  higher  level  of 
spiritual  life. 

In  this  booklet  the  pastors  of  Living-link  Churches  speak  from  their  expe¬ 
rience  concerning  the  blessings  of  the  plan  in  their  local  churches. 

These  men  have  led  their  Churches  in  faith  to  do  large  things  in  mission 
lands.  They  speak  with  joy  of  their  experience  and  that  of  their  congregations. 
Their  testimony  is  a  challenge  to  hundreds  of  Churches  to  do  larger  and  more 
worthy  things  for  the  conquest  of  the  world  for  Christ.  We  believe  a  perusal 
of  this  fascinating  booklet  will  inspire  many  pastors  and  Churches  to  reach  the 
Living-link  rank. 


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The  Blessings  of  the  Living-Link 

Chas.  S.  Medbury 

Give  a  man  a  personal  representative  in  the  East — some  one  whom  he 
knows  and  trusts — let  him  feel  that  he  himself  is  doing  business  for  God  in  the 
Orient,  and  he  expands  in  spite  of  himself.  He  thinks  more,  he  loves  more, 
he  is  more. 

There  is  no  place  for  bickerings  in  a  Living-link  Church.  There  is  too 
much  on  hand  and  too  much  at  stake.  Everybody  feels  the  influence  of  the 
world  life  to  which  the  Church  is  committed  and  recognizes  that  it  simply  will 
not  do  to  turn  from  God’s  business  to  personal  grievances.  It  is  an  atmosphere 
from  which  will  come  forth  other  missionaries  of  the  cross. 

Studying  world  conditions  and  problems,  the  people  come  to  be  even  more 
sensitive  as  to  the  demands  of  the  home  field.  They  come  to  understand  fully 
that  it  will  not  do  to  neglect  the  base  of  supplies.  They  are  not  willing  to  do 
less  at  home  than  their  representative  is  doing  abroad. 

The  Living-link  idea  is  a  boon  to  the  missionaries.  It  gives  them  precious 
anchorage  in  the  home  field.  They  know  that  “somebody  cares”  all  the  time. 
All  can  understand  the  untold  value  of  this. 

For  the  sake  of  the  work  and  workers  then,  speed  the  plan.  It  will  not 
work  itself,  it  is  not  a  thing  of  magic,  but  give  life  to  it  and  it  will  give  abundant 
life  in  return. 

Des  Moines ,  la. 


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What  the  Foreign  Living-Link  Idea  Does 

IT  HELPS  HOME  MISSIONS 

Home  Missions,  divided  between  the  A.  C.  M.  S.,  the  Michigan  State 
Board,  a  city  missionary  for  Detroit,  Church  Extension,  National  Benevolence 
and  Ministerial  Relief,  will  foot  up  for  1911  just  $2,342.  We  believe  the  Liv¬ 
ing-link  missionary  in  the  foreign  field  has  helped  lift  all  our  other  work. 

— C.  J.  Tannar ,  Detroit ,  Mich. 


The  place  to  begin  is  to  put  the  emphasis  on  Foreign  Missions.  When 
once  the  church  is  interested  in  the  “  other  nations  ”  it  is  no  trouble  to  get 
them  interested  in  the  missionary  work  of  the  home  land. 

— W.  S.  Lockhart,  Houston ,  Texas. 
(This  church  has  five  Living-links — Home  and  Foreign.) 


The  year  we  reached  the  Living-link  standard  marked  the  beginning  of 
larger  things  for  all  missions  in  our  Church  here  at  Long  Beach.  That  year 
witnessed  an  increased  offering  for  every  enterprise,  current  expenses  as  well  as 
missions.  Some  were  fearful  that  giving  so  much  for  one  cause  would  impoverish 
us  so  that  we  could  not  give  much  for  other  causes,  but  the  reverse  has  been 
true,  and  to-day  we  raise  all  our  offerings  easier  and  secure  larger  amounts. 

— F.  M.  Rogers ,  Long  Beach,  Cal. 


Three  years  ago  less  than  $100  for  all  missions,  now  $1,200.  One  mission¬ 
ary  to  Africa  and  two  to  West  Virginia.  Truly  the  light  that  shines  farthest 
shines  brightest  nearest  home.  — C.  H.  Bass,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 


The  Paducah  Church  has  been  a  Living-link  for  two  years.  The  Church 
gave  only  $36.50  the  year  previous.  Following  our  Foreign  Living-link,  we  gave 
$90  for  Home  Missions  and  this  last  year  $157.50  for  the  same  cause.  We  have 
also  become  a  Living-link  in  State  missions.  We  have  also  given  liberally  to 
other  causes.  — W.  A.  Fite,  Paducah,  Ky. 


w  HAT  THE  FOREIGN  LIVING-LINK  DOES 


When  the  Columbia  Church  became  a  Living-link  in  Foreign  Missions  a 
new  era  in  missions  was  inaugurated.  Now  it  is  much  easier  to  secure  money 
not  only  for  Foreign  Missions,  but  also  for  Home  Missions,  State  Missions, 
Church  Extension,  etc.  — M.  A.  Hart ,  Columbia ,  Mo. 


This  Church  began  to  support  Brother  Archer  in  India  in  1908,  and  has 
continued  it  ever  since.  The  year  following  we  doubled  our  former  offering 
to  the  Home  society,  and  the  next  year  doubled  that,  making  $300,  and  have 
supported  a  Home  missionary  for  two  years.  Our  offering  to  the  Ohio  society 
has  more  than  doubled,  giving  $175  last  year.  All  of  the  other  offerings  have 
increased,  and  we  have  paid  off  a  large  mortgage  since  taking  up  the  Living- 
link.  — C.  R.  Oakley ,  Mansfield ,  0. 


It  is  easier  to  raise  money  for  local,  State,  and  national  work.  This  Church 
raises  more  money  for  its  local  needs,  I  verily  believe,  because  it  contributes 
$2,000  a  year  to  Foreign  missions.  It  has  a  vision.  It  sees  the  need  of  the  world, 
and  is  trying  to  meet  that  need  in  some  adequate  way.  The  Lord  help  us  con¬ 
tinually  to  labor  and  pray  for  the  conversion  of  the  world. 

— Walter  Scott  Priest ,  Wichita ,  Kan. 


When  the  Living-link  began  in  this  Church  the  Home  missionary  offer¬ 
ing  had  been  scarcely  $50  a  year.  Since  the  support  of  the  Foreign  missionary 
began  the  Home  offering  has  not  fallen  below  $500. 

— C.  W.  McCord ,  Angola,  Ind. 


The  Living-Link  Churches  for  the  Foreign  Field  are  the 
Leading  Home  Missionary  Churches 


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WHAT  THE  FOREIGN  LIVING-LINK  DOES 


IT  HELPS  BUILD  NEW  CHURCH  BUILDINGS 


Magnolia  Avenue  Christian  Church,  Ft. 
Worth,  Texas.  Built  the  year  after  be¬ 
coming  a  Living-link.  E.  M.  Waits,  the 
pastor,  felt  that  it  was  necessary  to  become 
a  living-link  in  order  that  his  people  might 
keep  their  spiritual  ideals  on  a  high  plane 
while  going  through  the  struggle  of  building. 


Winchester  (Ky.)  Church  when  they  be¬ 
came  a  Living-link 


Norwood  (Ohio)  Christian  Church  being 
erected  now.  Since  becoming  a  Living- 
link  these  people  have  been  encouraged 
to  do  large  things.  They  have  been 
crowded  out  of  their  old,  inadequate 
quarters. 


Winchester  (Ky.)  Church  at  the  present 

time 


J.  H.  McNeil,  the  pastor,  writes:  “Our  devotion  to  our  Living-links,  of  which 
we  have  four,  was  not  only  not  a  hindrance  in  our  new  Church  building  enter¬ 
prise,  but  was  a  positive  inspiration.  The  spirit  born  of  that  devotion  was  a 
mighty  impulse  toward  undertaking  the  largest  things  of  which  we  were  capa¬ 
ble.  This  is  the  settled  conviction  of  our  people. 

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WHAT  THE  FOREIGN  L  I  V  I  N  G - L  I  N  K  DOES 


IT  HELPS  BUILD  NEW  CHURCH  BUILDINGS 


East  Dallas  (Texas)  Church  when  they 
became  a  Living-link 


This  congregation  is  now  erecting  a 
modern  $40,000  building.  A.  A.  Everts > 
of  this  Church,  writes:  “There  is  no  doubt 
but  that  the  spirit  aroused  through  the 
support  of  our  Living-link  helped  in  our 
Church-building  enterprise. 


Evanston  (Cincinnati)  Church  when 
they  became  a  Living-link.  They 
had  167  members  at  the  time 


Evanston  Church  at  the  present  time.  This 
congregation  supports  Mrs.  A.  L.  Shelton 
in  Tibet 


Justin  N.  Green,  the  pastor,  writes:  “We  determined  that  the  support  of 
our  Living-link  should  not  be  interfered  with  by  the  building  enterprise,  be¬ 
lieving  that  this  would  be  a  help  rather  than  a  hindrance;  and  so  it  proved  to 
be.  ‘There  is  that  which  scattereth  yet  increaseth.’  ” 

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WHAT  THE  FOREIGN  LIVING  - LINK  DOES 


IT  HELPS  BUILD  NEW  CHURCH  BUILDINGS 

A  GREAT  INSPIRATION 

Three  years’  support  of  our  Living-link  missionary  during  and  succeeding 
the  building  of  our  new  church  has  not  impeded  our  progress  for  one  moment, 
or  diminished  our  income  for  other  purposes  one  cent.  It  has  intensified,  ener¬ 
gized,  and  inspired  every  department  of  work.  Our  membership  has  increased 
during  the  period  from  three  hundred  and  fifty  to  seven  hundred.  If  you  are 
planning  a  great  Church  building,  and  find  your  feet  cold  and  nerves  flabby — 
try  a  Living-link.  — E.  M.  Waits ,  Fort  Worth ,  Texas. 


THE  SPIRIT  OF  MISSION  HELPS 

Our  Living-link  has  certainly  been  a  help  in  our  Church-building  enter¬ 
prise.  It  has  been  somewhat  of  a  struggle  to  carry  the  debt,  yet  the  spirit 
of  missions  always  helps  instead  of  hinders  in  every  way. 

— G.  H.  Waters,  Pomona,  Cal. 

WILL  ENLARGE  CHURCH 

Our  Living-link  is  a  source  of  great  inspiration  to  our  people.  New  spir¬ 
itual  life  has  been  ours  since  we  became  a  Living-link.  We  have  decided  to 
remodel  our  present  Church  building  at  the  cost  of  $18,000. 

— Clay  Trusty,  Seventh  Church,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


HELPED  TO  LAUNCH  OUT 

I  am  very  sure,  now  that  our  building  enterprise  has  been  undertaken  and 
completed,  that  our  Living-link  work,  both  through  the  Foreign  Society  and 
the  C.  W.  B.  M.,  was  a  helpful  factor  in  making  the  new  building  possible. 
Our  people  had  learned  by  experience  that  they  could  do  the  larger  things,  so 
they  had  self-confidence — they  were  not  afraid  to  launch  out. 

— S'.  E.  Fisher ,  Champaign,  III. 


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W  H  A  T  THE  FOREI  G  N  LIVING-LINK  DOES 


IT  HELPS  BUILD  NEW  CHURCH  BUILDINGS 

DEMONSTRATED  THE  POSSIBILITY  OF  DOING  BIG  THINGS 

The  spirit  produced  by  the  Paris  Church  becoming  a  Living-link  was 
one  of  the  most  effective  forces  in  building  our  new  plant.  When  the  people  saw 
with  what  little  effort  and  sacrifice  they  could  give  $600  for  Foreign  Missions, 
they  said,  “We  can  build  the  Church.” — Frank  Walter  Allen ,  Paris ,  Md. 

CULTIVATES  SACRIFICIAL  GIVING 

For  over  a  year  we  have  been  engaged  in  a  Church-building  enterprise. 
I  have  never  seen  any  more  hearty  or  sacrificial  giving  in  any  Church-building 
enterprise  than  we  have  had  here.  We  actually  secured  in  bona  fide  subscrip¬ 
tions  before  the  building  was  undertaken  $37,000.  I  believe  our  habit  of 
missionary  giving  was  largely  responsible  for  this.  The  burden  of  building  was 
not  allowed  to  interfere  at  all  with  our  Living-link  fund.  When  we  get  into 
our  new  building  and  have  it  paid  for,  we  expect  to  undertake  even  larger  things 
for  the  Kingdom  of  God.  — T.  E.  Winter ,  Fulton ,  Mo. 

LED  TO  LARGER  ACHIEVEMENTS 

With  no  adequate  house  of  worship  or  workshop  for  our  forces  in  this  city, 
the  First  Christian  Church  began  the  support  of  Miss  Olive  Griffith,  our  Liv¬ 
ing-link  missionary  to  India.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  from  that  hour  to  this  our 
work  has  so  enlarged  that  our  membership  is  much  more  than  doubled  and  we 
have  a  delightful  home  in  which  to  worship  and  push  forward  the  cause.  No 
missionary  or  benevolent  enterprise  among  us  is  neglected.  Really,  the  send¬ 
ing  forth  of  our  missionary  was  the  beginning  of  a  new  epoch  in  our  work,  and 
what  we  have  achieved  since  in  a  large  way  is  due  to  that  step. 

— H.  H.  Harmon ,  Lincoln ,  Neb. 


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LIVING-LINK  CHURCHES, 
MINISTERS,  AND 
MISSIONARIES 


BETTER  ALL  THE  TIME 


W.  T.  HILTON 

Fayetteville ,  Ark. 


This  Church  has  been  a  Living-link 
for  a  number  of  years.  The  fellow¬ 
ship  in  this  work  is 
becoming  sweeter 
all  the  time. 


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P.  A.  Sherman 
Hatta,  India 


Mrs.  A.  E.  Cory 
Nankin.  China 


FRIENDS  TO  THE  METHOD 

Work  actually  accomplished  is  the  best  creden¬ 
tial.  The  Living-link  method  of  securing  a  creditable 
missionary  offering 

works.  - - - - - — - 


H.  E.  VAN  HORN 

12  Capitol  Hill,  Des  Moines,  la. 


W.  F.  TURNER 

Peoria  (III.)  Central  Church 


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MONEY  EASY  TO  RAISE 

The  Central  Church  undertook  the 
support  of  a  Living-link  in  partnership 
with  Howett  Street  Church.  The  money 


was  given  so  gladly 
that  the  Church 
extended  its  aim, 
and  gave  over  $600 
alone.  A  blessing 
has  come  to  both 
congregations. 


Mrs.  D.  O.  Cunningham 
Harda,  India 


BEGINNING  OF  LARGER  THINGS 


Long  Beach ,  Cal. 


The  year  we  reached  the  Living-link  Standard 
marked  the  beginning  of  larger  things  for  all  missions 
church  here 


m  our 

in  Long  Beach.  That 
year  witnessed  an  in¬ 
creased  offering  for 
every  enterprise,  cur¬ 
rent  expenses  as  well 
as  missions.  Some 
were  fearful  giving  so 
much  for  one  cause 
would  impoverish  us 
so  we  could  not  give 
much  for  other  enter¬ 
prises,  but  the  reverse  has  been  true, 
and  to-day  we  raise  all  our  offerings 
easier,  and  secure  larger  amounts. 

F.  M.  Rogers. 


Miss  Alma  Favors 
Lu  Chowfu,  China 


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F.  M.  ROGERS 


MAKES  INCREASED  GIV¬ 
ING  A  JOY 


The  First  Church,  Los  Angeles,  be¬ 
came  a  Living-link  some  years  ago. 
$600  a  year  has 
not  satisfied  the 
people;  they  have 
gone  on  to  greater 
things. 


RUSSELL  F.  THRAPP 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


(  .  ) 


This 

Church  is 
more  than 
a  Living-link, 
and  is 
building 
a  home  in 
Tibet  for 
J.  C.  Ogden 


W.  B.  Alexander 
Damoh,  India 


PRIVILEGE  AND  JOY 


It  has  been  a  privilege  and  a  joy  to  the  Magnolia 
Avenue  Church  to  have  a  personal  fellowship  in  the 
evangelization  of 
China  through  sup¬ 
porting  Miss  Nellie  J. 

Clark  at  Chu  Cheo. 

It  has  been  a  great 
blessing  in  that  it  has 
vitalized  and  deep¬ 
ened  missionary  zeal 
in  the  church. 

Jesse  P.  McKnight. 

Los  Angeles ,  Cal. 


14  jesse  p.  Mcknight 


A  STEP  OF  REJOICING 


E.  B.  BARNES 

Richmond,  Ky. 


C 


This  Church  rejoices  in  its  suc¬ 
cess  in  reaching 
the  Living  -  link 
standard. 


Missionary 

not 

assigned 


TWO  DECIDED  ADVANTAGES 


The  Living-link  idea  has  two  decided  advantages: 
1st,  Definiteness.  It  is  always  easier  to  awaken  in¬ 
terest  in  a  particular 
nation  and  a  particu¬ 
lar  city  than  in  foreign 
races  as  a  whole. 

2d,  Vital  contact 
with  the  held  through 
correspondence  with 
Miss  Emma  Lyon  and  reports  from  the 
Nankin,  China  chosen  missionary.  If 

this  opportunity  is 
properly  improved,  it 
is  not  difficult  to  keep  alive  an  inter¬ 
est  sufficient  to  continue  the  church 
indefinitely  in  the  Living-link  ranks. 

William  C.  Hull. 


15  WILLIAM  C.  HULL 


Pasadena ,  Cal. 


A  PASTOR  IN  THE  PHIL¬ 
IPPINES 


C.  R.  HUDSON 

Pomona ,  Cal. 


C 


The  Pomona  Church  has  re¬ 
joiced  in  its  missionary  in  the  Phil¬ 
ippines  for  a  number  of  years. 


The  congregation 
consider  the  work 
of  Dr.  Pickett  as 
much  their  own  as 
that  of  their  pas¬ 
tor. 


Dr.  C.  L.  Pickett 
Laoag,  P.  I. 


Miss  Kate  V.  Johnson 
Tokio,  Japan 


WILL  LIVE 


The  Living-link  will  live;  for  it  lengthens  our  help¬ 
ing  hand,  dignifies  church  work,  specializes  with  conse¬ 
quent  purposeful  en¬ 
deavor  and  intensity, 
lifts  up  our  vision, 
enlarges  and  warms 
our  hearts,  quickens 
every  conscience  as¬ 
sociated,  and  makes 
prayers  specific.  We 
are  driving  toward  a 
definite  goal. 

W.  E.  Crabtree 

San  Diego ,  Cal.,  Cen¬ 
tral  Church. 


16  W.  E.  CRABTREE 


G.  B.  VAN  ARDSDALL 


C 


CLEANSE  THE  LOCAL 
CHURCH 

The  Living-link  Church  is  a 
channel  uniting  the  fountain  of 
God’s  love  with  sin  in  its  lowest 


form,  the  unwilling 
sin  of  ignorance. 
Thus  the  waters  of 
His  grace  cleanse 
the  local  Church 
and  quench  the 
thirst  of  heathen 
souls. 

G.  B.  Van- 

Ardsdall. 

Central  Church, 
f  Denver,  Col. 


) 


Mrs.  C.  L.  Picket 
Laoag,  P.  I. 


TRAVELING  IN  ROYAL  COMPANY 


The  Living-link  idea  is  right  in  principle  and  healthy 
in  practice.  The- church  that  works  up  to  it  in  a  safe 
and  normal  way  is 
greatly  blessed  by  it. 

The  Vermont  Avenue 


Church  has  been 
broadened  by  it,  and 
the  average  of  mis¬ 
sionary  intelligence 

Mrs.  G.  W.  Brown  is  .  bf  "S  C°nstl\n-Iy 
Tii  l  T  ,.  raised.  Our  two  Liv- 

Jubbulpore,  India  .... 

mg-lmks  put  us  in 

direct  and  vital  touch 
with  the  great  awak¬ 
ening  so  noticeable 
these  days.  We  feel  that  we  are 
traveling  in  royal  company. 

Earle  Wilfley. 


Washington ,  D.  C. 


17  EARL  WILFLEY 


IN  THE  REGULAR 
BUDGET 

Englewood,  Chicago,  puts  their 
Living-link  support 
in  the  regular  Church 
budget,  and  makes 
that  the  first  obliga¬ 
tion. 


C.  G.  KINDRED 

Englewood,  Chicago 


(  .  — . — .  ) 


This  church 
goes  beyond 
the  Living- 
link 

standard 


LINKED  UP  TO  CHINA 


The  Hyde  Park  Church  has  been  greatly  blessed  by 
becoming  a  double  Living-link.  It  has  put  every  mem¬ 
ber  into  personal  re¬ 
lation  with  the  vast 
human  problems  of 
China.  Every  news¬ 
paper  item  concern¬ 
ing  Nankin  is  eagerly 
Guy  W.  Sarvis  read  because  Mr.  and 
Nankin,  China  Mrs.  Sarvis  are  there. 

It  has  taught  us  that 
we  can  do  large  things 
without  great  numbers  or  wealth 
by  systematically  using  the  talents 
we  have  in  the  love  of  men  and  the 
service  of  Christ. 

E.  S.  Ames. 

Chicago ,  III. 


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E.  S.  AMES 


SUPPORTS  ONE  OF  THEIR 
OWN  MEMBERS 

The  Charleston  Church  has  had 
great  joy  in  sending  one  of  its 
own  young  women  to 
Africa.  The  people 
are  closely  linked  to 
the  heart  of  the 
Congo. 


J.  Me  D.  HORNE 

Charleston ,  III. 


Miss  Edna  V.  Eck 
Bolenge,  Africa 

( -  > 


Mrs.  W.  R.  Hunt 
Chuchow,  China 


BROUGHT  NEW  LIFE 


The  Galesburg  church  has  taken  a  fine  advance 
step  in  supporting 
Mrs.  Hunt  in  China. 

It  has  stimulated  the 
life  of  the  whole  con¬ 
gregation. 

J.  A.  Barnett. 

Galesburg ,  III. 


19  J.  A.  BARNETT 


DAVID  H.  SHIELDS 


C 


ADDS  DIGNITY  AND 
POWER 

I  find  that  being  a  “Living- 
link”  adds  dignity  and  power  to 
the  Church.  It  causes  the  local 
congregation  to  real¬ 
ize  that  it  is  engaged 
in  a  world-work.  It 
lifts  the  horizon  for 
the  membership,  and 
aids  them  to  a  fuller 
comprehension  of  the 
greatness  of  Christ’s 
plans. 

David  H.  Shields 
Eureka ,  III. 


This  church 
is  in  the 
Living-link 
rank  and 
supports  the 
general  fund 


Mrs.  L.  E.  Hagin 
Tokio,  Japan 


PROVIDES  ARTERIES  FOR  MISSION¬ 
ARY  BLOOD 


The  Living-link  idea  is  a  great  success.  Letters 
from  a  missionary  to 
a  church  and  from  a 
church  to  a  mission¬ 
ary  are  arteries  along 
which  missionary 
blood  flows. 

B.  F.  Cato. 

Lawrenceville ,  III. 


20 


B.  F.  CATO 


STEPHEN  E.  FISHER 


C 


CREATED  WORTHY  AT¬ 
MOSPHERE 

Through  the  Living-link  the 
Church  received  an  ideal  of  service; 
it  made  it  impossible  for  them  to 
think  in  terms  of  little  things,  and 
the  atmosphere  was  ready  created 
for  worthy  enterprise.  The  Liv¬ 
ing-link  work  con¬ 
tributed  to  the  prep¬ 
aration  of  the  build¬ 
ing  enterprise 
through  having  culti¬ 
vated  in  the  hearts 
and  lives  of  our  peo¬ 
ple  a  spirit  of  conse¬ 
cration. 

Stephen  E.  Fisher 
Champaign ,  III. 


) 


H.  E.  Smith 
Bolenge,  Africa 


DEEP  PERSONAL  INTEREST 

The  secret  of  getting  people  to  give  for  Foreign 
Missions  is  to  enlist  their  attention  and  secure  their 
interest.  In  order  to 


Fred  E.  Hagin 
Tokyo,  Japan 


do  this  more  or  less 
of  the  personal  must 
always  be  used.  The 
personal  interest  and 
relation  have  their 
best  expression  in  the 
Living-link  which 
would  best  satisfy  the 
terms  of  the  Great 
Commission  in  the 
support  of  a  missionary  by  one  or 
by  a  few  persons.  But  an  approx¬ 
imation  to  this  is  the  support  of  a 
missionary  by  a  group  of  disciples 
called  a  congregation. 

William  W.  Sniff. 


Paris ,  III. 


21 


WILLIAM  W.  SNIFF 


e.  t.  McFarland 


MOST  PRACTICAL  AND 
HELPFUL 

To  my  mind  the  Living-link  is 
one  of  the  most  practical  and  help¬ 
ful  ideas  ever  adopted  by  the  For¬ 
eign  Society.  The  effect  of  several 
years  in  the  Living-link  class  is 
seen  in  a  deepening  spiritual  power 
and  a  greater  inter¬ 
est  in  all  work  of  the 
Master’s  vineyard. 

There  are  many  in 
this  congregation  who 
would  sooner  think  of 
giving  up  our  splen¬ 
did  music  or  even  the 
local  pastor  than  to 
give  up  our  beloved 
F.  C.  Buck,  in  China. 

E.  T.  McFarland 
Rock  Island ,  III. 


F.  C.  Buck 
Lu  Chco  fu,  China 


EMPHASIZES  FELLOWSHIP 

The  Living-link  relationship  once  established  cre¬ 
ates  in  the  Church  a  worthy  ambition  to  maintain 
it.  The  obligation  is 
personal.  To  neglect 
it  is  like  proving  un¬ 
faithful  to  a  sacred 
bond  of  friendship. 

The  emphasis  is  no 
longer  upon  the 
money  given,  but 
upon  the  fellowship 
sustained  —  and  that 
is^where  Jesus  puts  it. 

F.  W.  Burnham. 

First  Church ,  Springfield ,  III. 


This  church 
is  in  the 
Living-link 
class.  The 
offering  is  to 
the  general 
fund 


22 


F.  W.  BURNHAM 


C.  W.  McCORD 


C 


INCREASED  OFFERING 
TWELVEFOLD 


Before  the  Angola,  Indiana, 
Church  became  a  Living-link  the 
offerings  for  Foreign  Missions  did 
not  exceed  $50  per  year.  One  day, 
some  fifteen  years 
ago,  under  the  leader¬ 
ship  of  Charles  S. 

Medbury,  it  was  pro¬ 
posed  that  the 
Church  send  one  of 
its  own  number,  Miss 
Bertha  Clawson,  and 
become  a  Living-link. 

The  offering  was 
$600,  and  from  that 
year  until  this  it  has 
never  been  less. 


C.  W.  McCord  Mi,5s  Ber™a 

Clawson 

Angola ,  Ind.  Tokio,  Japan 


SETS  A  SPECIAL  TASK 

We  like  the  Living-link  plan  because  it  sets  before 
us  a  special  task  to  be  done.  We  go  at  it  in  a  business¬ 
like  way  and  results 
come.  We  have  three 


Miss  Stella 
Franklin 

Jubbulpore,  India 


representatives  on 
the  foreign  field,  Miss 
Stella  Franklin,  Miss 
Zonetta  Vance,  and 
our  own  sister, 
George  Springer,  who 
went  out  from  the 
local  church  at  her 
own  charge.  We  feel 
glad  we  can  have  three  preachers 
abroad  while  one  stays  by  the  stuff 
at  home  and  helps  to  raise  the 
sinews  of  war. 

J.  Boyd  Jones. 

Anderson,  Ind. 


23 


J.  BOYD  JONES 


GIVES  DIGNITY  AND 
SELF-RESPECT 


JOSEPH  C.  TODD 


The  Living-link  Church  profits 
by  the  advantage  of  the  definite 
and  concrete.  It  stimulates  mis¬ 
sionary  education. 

Church  to  attempt 
worthier  things  at 
home.  It  gives  a 
Church  the  dignity 
and  self-respect  of  a 
world-wide  vision  of 
the  kingdom. 

Joseph  C.  Todd. 

Kirkwood  Ave.  Church 
Bloomington ,  Ind. 


It  leads  a 


Mrs.  Alexander 
Paul 

Wuhu,  China 


C 


C.  E.  Robinson 
Tokio,  Japan 


JUST  THE  THING 


7  ahernacle  Church , 
Columbus,  Ind. 


The  Living-link  idea  is  just  the  thing.  It  is  a  definite 
work.  It  stimulates 
a  church.  It  enthuses 
the  membership.  It 
brings  the  missionary 
and  the  church  close 
together. 

W.  H.  Book. 


24 


W.  H.  BOOK 


J.  H.  BURKHARDT 


INDIANA  LINKED  WITH 
INDIA 

The  “Living-link”  plan  in  mis¬ 
sions  is  like  a  “  bread  and  milk” 
poultice.  It  does  the  business  and 
does  it  easy.  We  have  living  stand¬ 
ing  in  both  Home  and  Foreign  So¬ 
cieties.  We  like  the 
Living-link  plan  bet¬ 
ter  than  any  other. 

The  girls  are  now  giv¬ 
ing  a  post-card 
shower  for  our  mis¬ 
sionary,  Mrs.  Drum¬ 
mond,  in  India.  In¬ 
diana  “linked”  up 
with  India  —  that 
sounds  good. 

Jas.  C.  Burkhart. 

Frankfort,  Ind. 


Mrs.  C.  C.  Drummond 
Harda,  India 

(  ZZ  ) 


HOLDS  STANDARD  OF  GIVING 


Dr.  M.  E.  Poland 
Nantungchow,  China 


The  Living-link  plan  has  abundantly  justified  itself 
in  practice.  While  it  may  prove  a  stopping-place  for  a 
few  churches  which 


ought  to  do  more,  it, 
on  the  other  hand, 
represents  a  maxi¬ 
mum  which  scores  of 
churches  would  fail 
to  reach  constantly 
but  for  the  definite¬ 
ness  of  it. 

The  Living-link 
missionary — a  representative  actu¬ 
ally  in  the  Teld — is  the  factor  of 
clinching  influence  and  in  holding 
the  standard  of  interest  and  giving. 

Allan  B.  Philputt. 


Central  Church ,  Indianapolis ,  Ind. 


25 


ALLAN  B.  PHILPUTT 


HELPS  REGULAR  OFFER¬ 
INGS 


CLAY  TRUSTY 

Seventh  Church 


Our  Living-link  is  a  source  of 
great  inspiration  to  our  people,  and 
the  task  is  not  a  hard  one.  We 
made  a  canvass  of  the  membership 
of  the  Church  through  a  special 
Living-link  committee.  They  found 
the  people  glad  to  receive  them.  A 
shout  of  joy  went  up  when  in  a  three 
days’  canvass  the 
whole  amount  was 
subscribed.  This  fund 
takes  care  of  itself.  It 
helps  the  regular  of¬ 
ferings  to  the  Church. 

This  is  our  first  expe¬ 
rience  in  the  Living- 
link  rank,  and  our 
current  expense  fund 
has  never  been  one 
cent  behind,  always 
ahead.  Missionary 
offerings  help  the 
other  offerings. 

Clay  Trusty. 

Indianapolis ,  Ind. 


Mrs.  Paul 
Wakefield 

Wuhu,  China 


C 


) 


UNIFIES  THE  WORK 

Our  two  Living-links,  the  one  in  the  Foreign  Soci¬ 
ety  representing  the  work  abroad,  and  the  one  in  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.,  repre¬ 
senting  the  home 
field,  has  been  a 
source  of  great  in¬ 
spiration  to  the  Leba¬ 
non  congregation.  It 
has  quickened  their 
interest  in  all  lines  of 
work  and  demon¬ 
strates  what  a  church 
can  do  when  all  of  our  societies  are 
unified.  In  these  two  fields  we  rep¬ 
resent  all  of  missions,  and  when  a 
people  pleading  for  union  get  to¬ 
gether  we  can  do  things  worthy  of 
our  plea.  L.  E.  Brown. 

Lebanon,  Ind. 


This  Church 
supports 
Mrs.  Lilly 
Molland 
at 

Nankin,  China 


26 


L.  E.  BROWN 


FORGED  TWO  LINKS 


ROBERT  N.  SIMPSON 

New  Albany,  Ind. 


The  New  Albany  .Church  has 
made  a  great  advance*step  in  reach¬ 
ing  the  Living-link 
standard  in  both  the 
Foreign  Society  and 
the  C.  W.  B.  M. 


Missionary 

not 

assigned 
as  yet 


C 


D 


VITAL  INTEREST 


The  Rushville  Church 
links,  but  that  is  not 
all:  it  is  blessed  by 
them.  The  warm 
personal  touch  with 
the  missionaries  has 
added  warmth  to 
the  church.  The  Liv¬ 
ing-link  plan  trans¬ 
forms  a  more  or  less 
indifferent  patron  of 
the  missionary  soci¬ 
ety  into  a  vitally  in¬ 
terested  participant 
in  the  God-given  work  of  evangeliz¬ 
ing  the  whole  creation. 

C.  M.  Yocum. 

Rushville ,  hid. 


Leslie  Wolfe 
Manila, 

Philippine  Islands 


is  delighted  with  its  Living- 


27  C.  M.  YOCUM 


GEO.  W.  HEMRA 


C 


HEAVENLY  DIVIDENDS 

At  first  the  blessing  is  a  feeling 
of  honor  and  satisfaction  over  some¬ 
thing  worthy  having  been  done. 
The  emphasis  of  thought  is  that  a 
mission  station  has  been  helped  in 
a  more  than  ordinary  way.  But 
when  the  reports  come  from  the  sta¬ 
tion  there  is  a  feeling 
that  dividends  are  be¬ 
ing  received,  and  the 
enrichment  of  the 
Living-link  Church  or 
county  soon  exceeds 
the  help  extended  to 
the  mission. 

Geo.  W.  Hemry. 

South  Bend ,  hid. 

R.  Ray  Eldred 

_  Longa,  Africa 


SOLVES  MISSIONARY  PROBLEMS 


C.  S.  Settlemeyer 
Nankin,  China 


Without  our  Living-link  it  would  be  far  more  diffi¬ 
cult  to  keep  our  people,  generally,  interested  in  the 
work  on  the  foreign 


field. 

The  average 
Christian  takes  scant 
pains  to  inform  him¬ 
self  regarding  heathen 
missions;  the  personal 
Living-link  is  a  whole 
library  of  information 
and  inspiration  for  such  an  one.  It 
keeps  the  fire  burning. 

Walter  M.  White 


Cedar  Rapids,  la. 


28 


W.  M.  WHITE 


CERTAIN  GOAL 


FINIS  IDLEMAN 


C 


Central  Church , 

Des  Moines ,  Iowa. 


I  am  happy  to  speak  in  com¬ 
mendation  of  the  Living-link  plan. 
Something  of  the  same  loyalty  and 
interest  which  the  Church  mani¬ 
fests  for  the  local  minister  is  also 
manifested  for  the 
minister  abro ad . 

Then  it  is  a  certain 
goal  beneath  which  a 
Church  feels  ashamed 
to  drop;  they  become 
more  and  more  in¬ 
clined  to  exceed. 


Finis  Idleman. 


Mrs.  Herbert 
Smith 

Bolenge,  Africa 

) 


FIVE  ADVANTAGES 


Mrs.  R.  D.  McCoy 
Tokyo,  Japan 


The  Living-link  plan  has  my  hearty  approval,  be¬ 
cause:  (1)  It  stimulates  giving.  (2)  It  kills  the  devil 
of  selfishness.  (3) 


It  awakens  the  angel 
of  Christian  liberal¬ 
ity.  (4)  It  gives  the 
church  a  transforming 
vision  of  its  mission¬ 
ary  powers  and  pos¬ 
sibilities.  (5)  It  en¬ 
riches  our  own  lives, 
as  we  share  with  others,  the  good 
gift  from  above. 

M.  E.  Chatley. 


29 


M.  E.  CHATLEY 


Centerville ,  la. 


CHAS.  S.  MEDBURY 

Des  Moines ,  la. 


30  D.  S.  THOMPSON 


A.  E.  Cory 
Nankin,  China 


A  NEW  VISION 


The  Living-link  idea  has  opened  up  a  new  vision. 
The  great  commission  is  a  reality.  No  longer  expec¬ 
tation.  Our  congrega¬ 
tion  feels  that  it  is 
a  part  of  the  greatest 
family  in  all  the 
world.  In  clasping 
hands  with  the  Ori¬ 
ent,  Jesus  comes 
nearer.  We  believe 
the  plan  to  be  the 
best  ever  adopted  to 
carry  out  heaven’s 
work. 


D.  S.  Thompson. 
Elliott,  la. 


INSPIRATION  TO  A 
GREAT  CHURCH 

University  Place,  Des  Moines, 
has  found  the  Living- 
link  relationship  one 
of  its  chief  joys  for 
years. 


This  church 
supports  Dr. 
Macklin’s 
hospital  at 
Nankin, 
China,  at 
$1,200  a  year, 
and  goes  far 
beyond  this 


L.  HULSER 


Miss  Nina  Palmer 
Nankin,  China 

(  I 


REDEEMS  FROM  PETTI¬ 
NESS 


It  is  our  redemption  from  pet¬ 
tiness  in  the  Kingdom  of  God. 

How  much  wider  the  circle  of 
our  fellowship,  deeper  the  spirit  of 
our  prayers,  larger 
the  standard  of  our 
giving! 

We  feel  more  a 
right  to  pray,  “Thy 
Kingdom  come,  Thy 
will  be  done  on 
earth.” 

L.  Hulser. 

Pleasantville,  Iowa. 


QUICKENS  WHOLE  CHURCH 


That  it  links  the  congregation  in  a  living  way  to  the 
foreign  field.  No  other  thing  that  I  know  anything 
about  has  such  direct 


and  beneficial  influ¬ 
ence  upon  the  local 
church.  To  be  tied  in 
this  vital  way  to  some 
definite  portion  of  the 
heathen  world  quick¬ 
ens  the  whole  church 
into  life  and  makes  it 
realize  as  nothing  else 
will  that  its  chief  business  is  to  make 
the  Christ  known  to  the  ends  of 
the  earth. 

Walter  Scott  Priest. 


Dr.  L.  F.  Jaggard 
Bolenge,  Africa 


Wichita ,  Kans. 


31  W.  S.  PRIEST 


HUGH  LOMAX 


A  BLESSING  TO  A  VIL¬ 
LAGE  CHURCH 

The  by-product  of  spiritual  en¬ 
largement  and  enrichment  has  been 
enjoyed  by  this  congregation  in  giv¬ 
ing  $600  for  foreign  missions.  The 
sweet  face  of  Mrs.  Osgood  looking 
out  upon  us  from  our  church  wall 
is  weekly  inspiration  to  larger  living. 

A  village  church  like  this  in  a 
good  farming  com¬ 
munity  is  the  logical 
church  to  do  large 
things  for  missions. 

The  local  expense  is 
not  heavy  and  its 
wealth  does  not  fluc¬ 
tuate.  “To  whomso¬ 
ever  much  is  given,  of 
him  shall  much  be  re¬ 
quired.” 

Hugh  Lomax. 

Highland ,  Kan. 

(  ) 


Mrs.  E.  I.  Osgood 
Chuchow,  China 


ENLISTS  INDIVIDUAL  CHRISTIANS 


It  has  been  easier  since  becoming  a  Living-link,  to 


raise  $600  than  it  was 
church  is  happier  and 
at  the  same  time  does 
more  for  other  mis¬ 
sionary  enterprises. 
Nothing  has  been 
more  effective  in 
awakening  the  indi¬ 
vidual  consciousness 
and  in  enlisting  the 
individual  Christian. 

It  is  a  sane,  scriptural,  common 
sense  idea  that  appeals  to  thought¬ 
ful  men  and  women. 

W.  E.  Ellis. 

Cynthiana ,  Ky. 


Miss  J essie  Asbury 
Akita,  Japan 


before  to  raise  $150,  and  the 


32 


W.  E.  ELLIS 


H.  C.  GARRISON 


RAISES  CHURCH’S  THER¬ 
MOMETER 


The  Living-link  church  is  the 

living  church.  If  “He  lives  most 
who  loves  most,”  then  that  church 
is  most  alive  which,  by  the  magni¬ 
tude  of  its  gifts, 
proves  its  love  for  the 


Christ,  who  says, 
“Go,”  and  for  the 
world  whose  very 
needs  are  a  perpetual 
call  for  help.  The 
thermometer  of  a 
church  is  not  its 
prayer-meeting,  but 
its  missionary  offer¬ 
ing. 

H.  C.  Garrison. 


Danville ,  Ky. 


Jas.  Ware 
Shanghai,  China 


C 


D 


Dr.  W.  E.  Macklin 
Nankin,  China 


HAS  LIFE-GIVING  POWER 


The  Living-link  is  a  life-giving  power  to  any  church. 
It  means  vital  touch  with  the  great  mission  field.  It 
interprets  Foreign 
Missions  in  terms  of 
service  and  helpful¬ 
ness  to  those  who  are 
in  need.  Dr.  Mack¬ 
lin,  our  beloved  mis¬ 
sionary,  has  done 
more  to  make  us  feel 
near  to  China  than 
lightning  express 
trains  and  ocean 
greyhounds. 

Roger  T.  Nooe. 

Frankfort ,  Ky. 


33  ROGER  T.  NOOE 


GIVES  A  NEW  HEART 


HENRY  C.  KENDRICK 


C 


The  church  that  is  a  Living- 
link  has  a  new  heart.  A  new  heart 
means  new  and  better  blood,  and 
more  life  in  all  parts  of  the  body, 
the  church.  It  makes  the  choir  and 
congregation  sing  better,  and  the 
minister  preach  with  greater  thrill, 
enthusiasm,  and  effectiveness.  It 
makes  us  to  dwell  in  “heavenly 
places  in  Christ 
Jesus.”  It  makes  it 
a  joy  to  live,  destroys 
“blue  Monday,” 
banishes  despair,  and 
illumines  hope. 

Let  the  doubting 
preacher  and  church 
try  it.  To  obey  is  to 
see,  and  feel,  and 
know. 

Henry  C.  Kendrick. 


Georgetown ,  Ky. 


Mrs.  Jas.  Ware 
Shanghai,  China 


) 


John  Johnson 
Nantungchow,  China 


SOLID  AS  GIBRALTAR 


The  Harrodsburg  church  is  as  solid  as  Gibraltar  in 
its  missionary  inter¬ 
est.  The  Living-link 
is  as  permanent  in 
the  minds  of  the 
people  as  pastoral 
care. 


34 


W.  H.  SMITH 

Harrodsburg,  Ky. 


I.  J.  SPENCER 


BRINGS  HEATHEN  FIELD 

CLOSE 


The  Living-link  idea  is  a  very 
happy  one.  It  makes  a  church 
feel  that  it  is  doing  a  definite  and 
imperative  service.  It  brings  the 
heathen  field  to  your  very  door. 
Then  one  link  leads  to  another. 
Think  of  the  influence  on  a  church 
of  half  a  dozen  of  its 
own  Living-link  mis¬ 
sionaries.  Thus  a 
church  becomes  truly 
“a  pillar  and  support 
of  the  truth.”  There 
ought  to  be  one  hun¬ 
dred  where  there  is 
now  but  one.  May 
the  Lord  multiply  the 
number ! 

I.  J.  Spencer. 


Central  Church , 
Lexington,  Ky. 


Miss  Lavinia  Oldham 
Tokyo,  Japan 


C 


) 


This  church 

gives 

more  than 
$1,000 
to  the 

General  Fund 


MAGIC  IN  IT 


The  Hopkinsville 
Living-link  plan.  We 
raise  more  money  and 
raise  it  more  joyfully 
than  before  we 
adopted  it.  We  see 
what  our  gifts  do 
now,  as  we  could  not 
formerly.  We  recom¬ 
mend  the  plan.  There 
is  magic  in  it. 

H.  D.  Smith. 
Hopkinsville,  Ky. 


church  is  delighted  with  the 


35 


H.  D.  SMITH 


MARK  COLLIS 


IT  IS  SCRIPTURAL 

The  Living-link  plan  of  mission¬ 
ary  work  is  Scriptural.  It  is  doing 
what  the  churches  of  Macedonia 
did  while  Paul  was  establishing  the 
church  in  Corinth.  To-day  it  cul¬ 
tivates  the  same  sym¬ 
pathy  between  the 
missionary  church 
and  the  missionary 
as  existed  between 
the  apostle  and  the 
churches  sustaining 
him  in  that  early  day. 

Mark  Collis. 

Broadway  Church , 

Lexington ,  Ky. 


This  church 
has  given  to 
the  general 
fund  for 
Wuhu,  China 
since  the  death 
of  their 
Living-link, 

C.  E.  Molland 


C 


Missionary 

not 

assigned 

yet 


REALIZING  A  HUNDRED  FOLD  ON  IN¬ 
VESTMENT 


The  Living-link  ideal  has  kept  the  Broadway 
church,  Louisville,  in  close  touch  with  the  other  side  of 
the  world,  and  has 
thus  helped  us  to  the 
world-view  of  Him 
who  said,  “Go  dis¬ 
ciple  all  nations.”  We 
feel  that  the  spiritual 
life  of  the  church  has 
been  greatly  enriched, 
and  that  we  are  real¬ 
izing  an  hundred-fold 
on  our  Living-link  in¬ 
vestment. 

W.  N.  Briney. 

Broadway  Church , 

Louisville ,  Ky. 


36  W.  N.  BRINEY 


IDEAL  AND  PRACTICAL 


E.  L.  POWELL 


The  Living-link  method  of  mis¬ 
sionary  work  is  ideal  and  practical. 
So  far  as  our  own  church  is  con¬ 
cerned,  it  was  a  memorable  day 
when  we  entered  upon  this  en- 
terprise.  It  has 
meant  for  us  an  ad¬ 
ded  interest  in  world¬ 
wide  evangelization. 

It  brings  the  held 
into  your  immediate 
horizon.  In  fact,  it 
ceases  to  be  foreign 
and  comes  to  be  only 
another  department 
of  your  home  work. 

E.  L.  Powell. 

First  Church , 

Louisville ,  Ky. 

<  > 


This  church 
contributes 
to  the 

general  fund 


Dr.  G.  E.  Miller 
Damoh,  India 


COMMITTED  TO  THE  PLAN 


I  am  committed  to  the  Living-link  idea  because  I 
believe  it  puts  life 
into  all  the  activities 
of  a  church.  The 
visit  of  a  missionary 
in  whom  a  congrega¬ 
tion  feels  proprietor¬ 
ship  puts  evangelism 
into  the  heart  of  the 
people. 

M.  G.  Buckner. 


Owensboro,  Ky. 


37 


M.  G.  BUCKNER 


REDEEMS  FROM  SELF¬ 
ISHNESS 


t —  ) 

A  COUNTY’S  DELIGHT 


W.  A.  FITE 


The  First  Christian  Church  here 
has  supported  for  the  past  two 
years  Bro.  C.  F.  McCall,  Akita, 
Japan.  The  year  previous  this 
church  had  given  nothing  to  any  of 
our  missionary  societies  except  the 
Foreign,  and  the  amount  to  this 
Society  was  only  $36.50.  Following 
the  March  Offering, 
in  which  we  became  a 
Living-link,  we  raised 
$90  for  Home  Mis¬ 
sions  in  May;  and 
this  past  May  we 
raised  $157.50  for  the 
Home  Society.  In 
November,  following 
our  advance  step,  we 


became  a  Living-link  in  State  Missions,  and  will  re¬ 
main  in  that  class  this  year.  We  have  also  given  lib¬ 
erally  to  C.  W.  B.  M.,  Church  Extension,  Benev¬ 
olences,  etc.  W.  A.  Fite. 

Paducah ,  Ky. 


CVF-  McCall 
Akita,  Japan 


Mrs. 

W.  B.  Alexander 
Damoh,  India 


38 


C.  A.  FREER 

Millersburg ,  Ohio 


Holmes  County  Churches  under  the  leadership  of 
C.  A.  Freer,  of  Mil¬ 
lersburg,  take  great 
joy  in  their  Living- 
link. 


J.  H.  MacNEILL 


ABOUNDING  LIFE 

The  Living-link  means  the  living 
Church  and  the  living  Mission  in¬ 
dissolubly  linked  together,  and  by 
virtue  of  the  union  each  enjoying 
the  more  abundant  life.  If  the 
Churches  now  “living  at  a  poor 
dying  rate’’  will  link 
themselves  to  the  liv¬ 
ing  Mission  they  will 
feel  the  impulse  of  a 
new,  rich,  abounding 
life  to  which  they  are 
now  strangers.  This 
is  the  joyful  experi¬ 
ence  of  the  Winches¬ 
ter  Church. 

J.  H.  MacNeill. 

Winchester*  Ky. 


G.  W.  Brown 
Jubbulpore,  India 


Miss  Edna  P.  Dale 
Wuhu,  China 


In  the  years  that  the  Christian  Temple  has  had  its 
own  missionary  on  the  foreign  field,  I  feel  that  all  de¬ 
partments  of  mission¬ 


ary  work  among  us 
has  been  advancing. 
The  interest  in  the 
Chinese  at  Wuhu, 
where  our  Living-link 
is  located,  helps  to 
keep  up  our  interest 
in  the  Chinese  school 
here  at  home,  and 
likewise  the  interest  that  we  have 
in  this  one  race  advances  our  inter¬ 
est  in  all  races,  as  the  interest  we 
have  in  Wuhu  increases  our  interest 
in  all  fields.  A  church  lives  best 
when  its  life  directly  touches  the 
heart  of  the  great  heathen  empire. 

Christian  Temple ,  Peter  Ainslie. 

Baltimore ,  Md. 


39 


PETER  AINSLIE 


GEO.  B.  TOWNSEND 


C 


JOY  OF  GIVING 


The  Living-link  ideal  has  helped 
in  increasing  the  missionary  inter¬ 
est  of  the  church.  It  has  given  us 
the  realization  of  having  a  definite 
part  in  the  conquest  of  the  world 
for  Christ.  It  has 
brought  to  many  the 
joy  of  more  generous 

giving.  It  has  in-  _ 

creased  our  self-re¬ 
spect  and  deepened 
the  spiritual  life  of 
the  Church.  After  a 
two  years’  test,  our 
people  say  we  must 
not  take  a  backward 
step. 

G.  B.  Townsend. 

Hagerstown ,  Md. 


This  church 
puts  $600  a 
year  into  the 
work  at 
Lotumbe, 
Africa 


MULTIPLIED  MISSIONARY  GIVING  300 

PER  CENT 


The  Central  Church  of  Detroit  became  a  Living-link 
about  six  years  ago,  taking  Dr.  A.  L.  Shelton,  of  Tibet, 
as  our  missionary. 

Since  then  our  mis¬ 
sionary  giving  has 
been  multiplied  by 
about  three  hundred 
per  cent.  Two  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  church 
now  support  each  a 
Li vi ng  - 1  i n k  in  the 
Foreign  Society,  mak¬ 
ing  eighteen  hundred  dollars  in  all. 

Home  missions  divided  between  the 
A.  C.  M.  S.,  the  Michigan  State 
Board,  a  city  missionary  for  De¬ 
troit,  Church  Extension,  National 
Benevolence,  and  Ministerial  Relief 
will  foot  up  for  this  year,  1911,  just 
exactly  $2,342.  We  believe  the 
Living-link  missionary  on  the  for¬ 
eign  field  has  helped  to  lift  all  our 
other  work.  C.  J.  Tannar. 

Detroit ,  Mich. 


Dr.  A.  L.  Shelton 
Batang, 

Border  of  Tibet 


40  C.  J.  TANNAR 


JOHN  G.  SLAYTER 

Minneapolis ,  Minn. 


C 


LINKED  TO  JAPAN 


The  Minneapolis  Church  is  en¬ 
joying  its  Living-link  relationship 
very  much.  Its  sympathies  are 
projected  into  the 
Sunrise  Kingdom 
through  the  support 
of  Mrs.  Place. 


Mrs.  A.  W.  Place 
Tokyo,  Japan 


ENHANCES  SELF-RESPECT 


Mrs.  O.  J.  Granger 
Jubbulpore,  India 


The  attainment  of  the  Living-link  rank  helps  the  home 
church  as  much  as  it  does  the  mission  point  on  the  Foreign 
field.  It  enhances 


wholesome  self-re¬ 
spect.  It  is  “  the  in¬ 
terrogation  of  a  good 
conscience  toward 
God.”  It  is  a  fact 
of  real  fellowship  in 
the  most  genuine 
statesmanship  of  the 
age.  Hundreds  of 
churches  could  reach 
this  standard  and  be 
the  happier  for  it.  Indeed,  it  is 
easily  within  reach  of  the  average 
church.  Geo.  W.  Buckner. 


Canton ,  Mo. 


41 


G.  W.  BUCKNER 

Canton,  Mo. 


DEFINITENESS  OF  AIM 


GEO.  L.  BUSH 


C 


The  Living-link  brings  Foreign 
Missions  home  to  the  Church,  and 
forms  a  personal  link  with  each 
contributor.  The  interest  of  the 
Church  ceases  to  be  diffused  over 
the  wide  heathen  field,  and  is  fo¬ 
cused  upon  a  definite  work.  This 
definiteness  of  aim 
adds  intensiveness 
to  the  Church’s  en¬ 
deavor.  The  sense 
of  responsibility  is 
strengthened,  and  the 
continuity  of  obliga- 
gation  is  established 
upon  an  enduring 
basis. 

G.  L.  Bush. 

Carrollton ,  Mo. 

M  iss  Edith  Parker 
Tokyo,  Japan 

) 


NEW  ERA  IN  MISSIONS 


When  the  Columbia  Church  became  a  Living-link 
in  Foreign  Missions  a  new  era  in  missions  was  inaugu¬ 
rated.  Now  it  is  much 
easier  to  secure 
money  not  only  for 
Foreign  Missions,  but 
also  for  Home  Mis¬ 
sions,  State  Missions, 

Church  Extension, 

Dr.  Jennie  Fleming  etc.  Dr.  Jennie  Flem- 

Harda,  India  i ng ,  of  Central  Prov¬ 

ince,  Harda,  India,  is 
the  representative  of  this  church. 

This  was  her  church  home.  Greater 
enthusiasm,  brcader  vision,  higher 
ideals,  and  more  progress  and  heroic 
service  will  come  to  any  church  that 
assumes  so  pleasurable  a  responsi¬ 
bility.  Madison  A.  Hart. 

Columbia ,  Mo. 


42 


MADISON  A.  HART 


T.  E.  WINTER 


LIFTS  THE  WHOLE  TIDE 

It  has  stimulated  all  our  ac¬ 
tivities;  it  has  put  new  interest  into 
the  work  of  foreign  missions,  as 
it  naturally  would,  because  we  have 
a  Living-link  now  binding  us  to  the 
foreign  field.  It  has  not  only  in¬ 
creased  our  giving  to  foreign  mis¬ 
sions,  but  has  given 
us  a  vision  of  larger 
things  and  shown  us 
the  possibility  of  our 
doing  more  in  other 
lines  of  missionary 
and  benevolent  work. 

Our  largest  givers 
toward  the  support  of 
our  Living-link  are 
the  largest  givers  to 
all  of  our  interests 
also. 

T.  E.  Winter. 

Fulton ,  Mo. 


Miss 

Rose  L.  Johnson 
Fukushima,  Japan 


C 


R.  D.  McCoy 
Tokyo, Japan 


proud  of  their  missionary 


This  old  church  is  very  happy  in  its  support  of  R.  D. 
McCoy  in  his  educa¬ 
tional  work  in  Japan. 

The  people  are  proud 
of  him. 


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43 


H.  K.  PENDLETON 

Independence ,  Mo. 


A  JOY  TO  THE  COUNTY 

J.  C.  Ogden  went  to  Tibet  from 
Nicholas  County,  Ky.  The  people 
love  him,  and  this 
county  of  small 
churches  has  assumed 
his  support. 


G.  M.  BROOKS 

A  layman ,  Carlisle ,  Ky.,  who  has 
organized  Nicholas  Co.  into 
a  Living-link 


J.  C.  Ogden 
Batang,  Tibet 


BRINGS  GREAT  SATISFACTION 

The  fact  of  our  sustaining  a  missionary  in  the  for¬ 
eign  field,  who  is  teaching  the  people  of  Japan  about 
Jesus  while  we  on 


this  side  of  the  world 
are  asleep,  seems  to 
bring  great  satisfac- 
faction  to  many  of 
our  members.  I  am 
sure  it  has  increased, 
not  only  the  amount 
of  our  annual  offering 
for  world-wide  mis¬ 
sions,  but  the  interest  of  the  church 
in  all  forms  of  missionary  service, 
both  at  home  and  abroad. 

W.  F.  Richardson. 

Kansas  City ,  Mo. 


Mrs.  C.  F.  McCall 
Akita,  Japan 


44 


W.  F.  RICHARDSON 


THREE-FOLD  VALUE 


GEORGE  H.  COMBS 


1.  The  Value  of  Information. 
—Having  missionaries  in  direct 
touch  with  the  home-folk,  there 
comes  a  wealth  of  information  from 
“the  field”  which  is  both  helpful 
and  relished. 

2.  The  Value  of  Definite¬ 
ness. — Missions  in  world -wide 
sweep  may  make  faint  and  inef¬ 
fectual  appeals,  when  the  recital  of 
work  done  at  a  defi¬ 
nite  place  and  at  a 

specified  time  arrests 
the  attention  and 
evokes  interest. 

3.  The  Value  of 
Personality. — It  is 
always  easier  to  inter¬ 
est  people  in  a  man 
than  in  a  cause.  The 


real  strength  of  missionary  appeal  is  the  strength  of 
the  personality  of  the  missionary. 

George  H.  Combs. 

Independence  Boulevard  Church , 

Kansas  City ,  Mo. 

\  -i 


No 

Missionary 

assigned 


Dr.  Paul 
Wakefield 

Wuhu,  China 


PRAYERS  UNITED 


There  are  few  churches  more  loyal  to  their  Living- 
link  missionary  than 
this  congregation  is- to 
Dr.  Wakefield.  His 
visit  before  going  to 
the  field  was  a  bene¬ 
diction.  The  prayers 
of  the  people  are  con¬ 
stantly  united  in  his 
behalf. 


45 


R.  GRAHAM  FRANK 

Liberty ,  Mo. 


INSPIRATION  AND 
ASPIRATION 


This  Living-link  is  an  inspira¬ 
tion  and  an  aspiration  to  the  church. 
It  quickens  our  interest  in  the  work 
of  our  King  in  far  China,  and  in 
these  days  of  revolution  it  intensi¬ 
fies  our  interest  in  the  far  workers; 
our  sympathies  and  our  prayers  are 
with  them  more  than  ever.  This 
work  links  us  with  the  goodliest 
company  of  workers 
here  at  home — and 
thus  we  have  a  three¬ 
fold  fellowship — with 
the  best  in  our  broth¬ 
erhood  at  home,  with 
the  missionaries  in 
their  labor  of  love, and 
with  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  in  carrying 
out  H  is  Commission. 

Benj.  L.  Smith. 

Moberly ,  Mo. 


This  church 
supports  Mrs. 
Jas.  Butchart, 
at  Lu  Chow  fu, 
China 


Dr.  C.  C.  Drummond 
Harda,  India 


STIMULATES  MISSIONARY  CONSCIENCE 


The  Living-link  plan 
conscience  of  any  church, 
a  special  field  of 
labor,  a  personal  re¬ 
sponsibility. 

Dr.  Drummond  is 
doing  our  work  in 
India,  together  we  are 
doing  His  work  in  the 
world.  This  gives  us 
a  triple  chain  of  serv¬ 
ice,  the  real  Living- 
link  idea. 

Claude  J.  Miller. 
Maryville ,  Mo. 


will  stimulate  the  missionary 
It  gives  them  a  definite  aim, 


46  CLAUDE  J.  MILLER 


W.  A.  SHULLENBERGER 

Mexico ,  Mo. 


JOY-BRINGING  OBLI¬ 
GATION 

The  Living-link  plan  relegates 
to  the  past  the  possibility  that  the 
church  may  contribute  to  missions 
after  the  other  expenses  are  met: 
the  "perhaps”  is  replaced  by  a  joy¬ 
bringing  sense  of  sacred  obligation. 
Even  as  the  world 
could  not  know  the 
Father  fully  without 
the  Christ,  even  so 
are  we  apt  to  fail  in 
the  appreciation  of 
missions  without 
their  personal  repre¬ 
sentative. 

A.  W.  SHULLEN¬ 
BERGER. 


C.  P.  Hedges 
Bolenge,  Africa 


C 


) 


Mrs.  Leslie  Wolfe 
Manila,  Philippine 
Islands 


DISPELS  CLOUDS 


Levi  Marshall. 
Nevada ,  Mo. 


The  foreign  Living-link  puts  an  enlarging  silver 
lining  on  every  little  cloud  of  difficulty  arising  in  the 
home  church.  Our 
troubles  are  easily 
born,  and  their  gloom 
is  soon  dissolved  when 
we  think  of  our  mis¬ 
sionary’s  self-sacrifi¬ 
cing  work  in  the 
heathen  lands.  We 
cease  our  noise  of 
complaint  and  listen 
for  his  personal  mes¬ 
sage  of  what  saving 
grace  has  done  for 
heathen  souls. 


47  LEVI  MARSHALL 


FRANK  W.  ALLEN 


GAVE  CONFIDENCE  IN 
I3IG  THINGS 

The  spirit  produced  by  the  Paris 
church  becoming  a  Living-link  was 
one  of  the  most  effective  forces  in 
building  our  new  plant.  Our  people 
needed  the  church  and  knew  it. 
They  were  not  confident  that  they 
could  pay  for  the  building  the  social 


needs  of  the  commu- 

nity  required.  When 
they  saw  with  what 
little  effort  and  sacri- 

fice  they  could  con¬ 
tribute  $600  for  For- 

No 

eign  Missions,  they 
said,  “We  can  build 

Missionary 

our  church!”  .  .  . 

And  they  did. 

assigned 

F.  W.  Allen. 

Paris ,  Mo. 

<  > 


This  church 
supports 
Mrs.  W.  N. 
Lemmon 
in  the 
Philippines 


IN  LINE  WITH  THE  PROPHETS 


The  idea  is  tremendous.  It  has  heart  and  blood.  To 
think  about  it  brings  tears  to  one’s  eyes.  The  martyrs, 
the  prophets,  and  the 
reformers  were  our 
Living-links  in  the 
past.  Our  missiona¬ 
ries  are  in  this  holy 
apostolic  succession. 

They  are  the  projec¬ 
tion  of  myself  and  a 
million  others.  They 
carry  our  hearts  and 
voices  to  our  brethren 
of  other  lands. 


G.  A.  Campbell. 


Hannibal ,  Mo. 


48  GEO.  A.  CAMPBELL 


B.  T.  WHARTON 

Marshall ,  Mo. 


A  MISSIONARY  AT  DAMOH 

The  church  at  Marshall,  Mis¬ 
souri,  supports  C.  E.  Ben  lehr  at 
Damoh,  India.  B.  T.  Wharton, 
the  minister,  is  a  brother  of  the  late 
G.  L.  Wharton,  who 
gave  his  life  to  India 
in  the  service  of  the 
Foreign  Society. 

While  Marshall’s 
minister  could  not  go 
to  the  field,  he  makes 
it  possible  for  another 
to  go.  The  Wharton 
blood  is  good  mission¬ 
ary  blood. 


C.  E.  Benlehr 
Damoh,  India 

L  _  ) 


LOOMS  LARGE  AND  CLEAR 


F.  E.  Meigs 
Nankin,  China 


F.  E.  Meigs  has  been  our  Living-link  missionary 
for  a  number  of  years.  It  gives  dignity  to  the  cause 


of  missions  to  be  iden¬ 
tified  in  the  minds  of 
the  people  with  such 
a  man.  Against  the 
dim,  far-away  back¬ 
ground  of  the  heathen 
world,  the  man,  the 
group  of  missionsries, 
the  chapel,  the  col¬ 
lege,  the  hospital,  the 
whole  Nankin  enterprise  loom  large 
and  clear.  C.  M.  Chilton. 

First  Church ,  St.  Joseph ,  Mo. 


49 


C.  M.  CHILTON 


THE  SURRENDER  OF 
HEATHENISM 


l.w.  McCreary 


The  Living-link  plan  enables 
the  Church  to  take  definite  aim, 
and  through  this 
method  the  new  cen¬ 
tury  will  witness  the 
surrender  of  heathen¬ 
ism  to  the  great  Cap¬ 
tain  of  our  Salvation. 

L.  W.  McCreary. 

Hamilton  Ave.  Church 
St.  Louis ,  Mo. 


This  church 
contributes 
to  the 

General  Fund 


C 


) 


Mrs.  C.  E.  Benlehr 
Damoh,  India 


ZEAL  AND  DEFINITENESS 

The  attaining  and  maintaining  of  the  Living-link 
standard  has  been  of  the  greatest  value  to  Sterling  Place 
Church.  It  has  given 
us  the  confidence  to 
undertake  other  great 
things  in  our  local 
field.  It  has  warmed 
us  by  the  genial  glow 
of  the  consciousness 
of  well  doing.  It  has 
given  a  zeal  to  our 
missionary  work  and 
a  definiteness  of  pur¬ 
pose  that  has  meant 
success. 

M.  M.  Amunson. 

Brooklyn ,  N.  Y. 


50 


M.  M.  AMUNSON 


J.  E.  DAVIS 


C 


LINKS  CHURCH  TO  FIRING 

LINE 

Giving  to  the  succor  and  salvation 
of  others  is  one  of  the  real  elements  of 
fellowship  in  the  Church.  Thus  we 
share  in  each  other’s  work  or  suffer¬ 
ings.  There  is  no  plan  of  missionary 
work  which  so  closely  links  up  to  the 
churches  this  element  of  fellowship  as 
the  idea  of  the  support  of  a  missionary 
by  each  individual  church.  This  brings 
the  church  directly  to 
the  firing  line  and  opens 
fervently  real  fellowship 
with  the  missionaries  in 
their  work  and  sacri¬ 
fices.  This  close  rela¬ 
tionship  is  a  great  inspi¬ 
ration  to  the  h  o  m  e 
church,  inspiring  it  to 
reach  its  full  stature  in 
financial  support. 

J.  E.  Davis. 

Beatrice ,  Neb.  Dr.  James  Butchart 

Lu  Cheo  fu,  China 


THE  INFLUENCE  OF  THE  MISSIONARY 


Mrs. 

Dr.  Royal  J.  Dye 
Bolenge,  Africa 


It  would  be  impossible  to  express  fully  the  benefit 
which  the  Living-link  plan  has  been  to  the  church  which 
I  serve.  This  being 


a  University  Church, 
where  we  have  from 
time  to  time  hundreds 
of  students  attending 
and  holding  member¬ 
ship  with  us,  the  mis¬ 
sionary  spirit  and 
ideal  has  had  a  won¬ 
derful  reflex  influence 
upon  this  student 
body.  Practically  every  student 
goes  out  from  this  church  and  school 
an  ardent  advocate  of  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sions,  and  the  young  men  who  go 
from  this  place  to  preach  the  Gospel 
are  aflame  with  the  missionary  en¬ 
thusiasm  ;  thus  Living-links  are  mul¬ 
tiplied  in  geometrical  ratio. 

H.  O.  Pritchard. 


51 


Bethany ,  Neb. 


H.  O.  PRITCHARD 


CHURCH  REVOLUTION¬ 
IZED 


In  assuming  the  obligation  to 
support  a  Living-link  on  the  For¬ 
eign  Field,  the  spirit  and  life  of  our 
congregation  have 
been  revolutionized 
in  all  the  missionary 
and  benevolent  en¬ 
terprises  represented. 

Harvey  H.  Harmon. 

First  Church , 

Lincoln ,  Neb. 

HARVEY  H.  HARMON 

Miss  Olive  Griffith 
Damoh,  India 


C 


) 


Frank  Garrett 
Nankin,  China 


A  GOOD  MISSIONARY  CHURCH 

Richmond  Avenue  Church,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  is  a  good 
missionary  church.  It  supports  Frank  Garrett,  at 
Nankin,  China.  R. 

H.  Miller,  the  pastor, 
has  been  with  the 
church  many  years 
and  has  led  to  ever 
increasing  usefulness. 

It  was  from  this 
church,  when  pastor, 
the  late  G.  L.  Whar¬ 
ton  went  out  to  India 
as  one  of  the  first  mis¬ 
sionaries  of  the  For¬ 
eign  Society  to  that 
land. 


52  R.  H.  MILLER,  Buffalo ,  N.  Y. 


B.  S.  FERRALL 


SOLVES  KNOTTY  PROB¬ 
LEMS 

Let  me  urge  you  to  try  the  Liv¬ 
ing-link  plan.  It  will  solve  more 
knotty  problems  in  your  local  field 
than  I  have  space  to  enumerate. 
It  is  a  breeder  of  spirituality,  sym¬ 
pathy,  optimism,  and 
congregational  self- 
respect.  Living-link 
churches  are  invari¬ 
ably  soul-saving  sta¬ 
tions  with  good  rec¬ 
ords. 

B.  S.  Ferrall. 

Jefferson  St.  Church 
of  Christ , 

Buffalo ,  N.  Y. 


No 

Missionary 

assigned 


C 


) 


This  church 
supports 
Mrs.  H.  A. 
Baker, 

under  appoint¬ 
ment  to 
Tibet 


This  church  is  delighted  to  take  up  the  support  of 
Mrs.  Baker  who  goes 
to  Tibet.  This  rela¬ 
tionship  will  bless  the 
church  as  well  as  the 
missionary. 


W.  C.  PREWITT 


53 


Niagara  Falls ,  N.  Y. 


V.  W.  BLAIR 


GIVES  CHEER  AND 
HEART 

It  is  easier  to  give  $600  for  the 
Living-link  than  it  would  be  to  ob¬ 
tain  even  $300  otherwise.  There 
is  an  interest  and  a 
tie,  more  than  senti¬ 
ment,  which  makes 
this  plan  ideal.  No 
offering  we  make  is  as 
cheerfully  and  heart¬ 
ily  given  as  this. 

V.  W.  Blair. 

N.  Tonawanda ,  N.  Y. 

Payne  Ave.  Church. 


M.  B.  Madden 
Sendai,  Japan 


(  ) 


SENDS  THEIR  OWN  PASTOR 


H.  A.  Baker 
Batang,  Tibet 


The  Forest  Avenue  Church  became  a  Living-link 
last  year.  Three  years  ago  church  and  Bible  school 
together  gave  less 


than  $30  to  Foreign 
Missions.  Much  less 
than  this  was  given 
to  other  causes  com¬ 
bined.  Last  year  we 
were  going  to  raise 
about  $150  for  For¬ 
eign  Missions.  We 
decided  to  be  a  Liv¬ 
ing-link  and  raised  the  money  easily. 
People  who  were  not  giving  at  all 
gave  liberally  when  it  was  to  be 
a  big  enterprise.  We  gave  $200 
for  home  causes  and  raised  more  for 
current  expenses  than  ever  before 
in  the  history  of  the  Church.  There 
are  two  hundred  and  fifty  members 
of  all  kinds,  all  working  people. 


H.  A.  Baker. 


C.  H.  PLOPPER 


New  pastor  succeeding  Mr.  Baker, 
54  who  goes  to  Tibet 


Buffalo ,  N.  Y. 


CLOSER  TOUCH 


H.  A.  DENTON 


f  The  River  Street  church  has  had  a  mis¬ 
sionary  zeal  of  long  standing,  but  some 
years  ago  the  church  was  interested  in 
the  support  of  its  own  missionary.  Since 
then  the  congregation  has  raised  much 
more  money  with  less  noise,  but  vastly 
more  feeling.  Supporting  its  own  mis¬ 
sionary  has  brought  the  church  into  per¬ 
sonal  touch  with  missions. 

The  other  missionary  offer¬ 
ings  of  the  church  have  not 
suffered  from  the  adoption 
of  the  Living-link  idea. 

I  am  certain  that  what  our 
departments  raised  for  mis¬ 
sions  last  year  outside  of 
the  support  of  the  Living- 
link  missionary  by  the 
church  would  equal  the 
total  missionary  offering  of  the  church  and  its  depart¬ 
ments  before  the  present  plan.  H.  A.  Denton. 

Troy ,  N.  Y. 


Missionary 

not 

assigned 

yet 


C 


Miss  Eva  May  Raw 
Nankin,  China 


SEVERAL  TIMES  A  LIVING-LINK 


Miss  Raw  is  supported  by  the  Sunday  school  alone. 
The  church  gives 
more  than  the  salary 
of  two  missionaries. 


GEO.  DARSIE,  JR. 

55  High  Street  Church,  Akron,  Ohio 


C.  B.  REYNOLDS 


Geo.  B.  Baird 
Lu  Cheo  fu,  China 

(  ) 


INESTIMABLE  VALUES 


We  rejoice  in  the  esteemed  priv¬ 
ilege  of  being  numbered  with  the 
Living-link  Churches.  We  are 
reading  the  world-wide  Commission 
with  greater  delight.  Our  visions 
are  truer,  our  sympathies  more  ten¬ 
der,  and  the  sphere  of 
our  activities  very 
much  enlarged. 

What  church  would 
not  be  willing  to  pay 
the  price  for  these  in¬ 
estimable  values? 

C.  B.  Reynolds. 

Alliance ,  O. 


EASIER  TO  RAISE  TWO  DOLLARS 


THAN  ONE 


The  Living-link  brings  the  church  in  close  touch 
with  definite  work.  People  are  interested  in  things 
they  call  their  own, 
and  hence  give 
greater  support  to 
the  work  of  missions 
when  they  know  that 
their  missionary  is  on 
the  field.  We  find  it 
Mrs.  W.  E.  Macklin  easier  to  raise  two 
Nankin,  China  dollars  for  the  Living- 

link  than  we  did  to 
raise  one  dollar  before 
we  began  the  support  of  Mrs.  Dr. 

Macklin,  Nankin,  China. 

P.  H.  Welshimer. 

Canton,  Ohio. 


56  P.  H.  WELSHIMER 


JUSTIN  N.  GREEN 


Mrs.  A.  L.  Shelton 
Batang, 

Border  of  Tibet 

(  ) 


APPROPRIATELY  NAMED 


The  Living-link  is  very  appro¬ 
priately  so  called,  for  it  links  the 
church  at  home  in  a  most  vital  way 
with  the  foreign  held. 

Nothing  else  can 


make  missions  so 
definite  and  personal. 

Justin  N.  Green. 
Evanston,  0. 


GIVES  PERMANENCY 


The  Living-link  gives  definiteness  and  directness  to 
missionary  work.  It  is  a  definite  amount  to  support  a 
definite  worker  in  a 
definite  held.  It  deep¬ 
ens  interest  in  mis¬ 
sions  and  develops 
liberality.  It  gives  to 
missions  a  place  and 
permanency  in  church 
life.  It  deepens  a 
church’s  self-respect. 

Better  support  a  mis¬ 
sionary  than  have 
a  paid  choir.  The 
church  that  supports  a  minister  at 
home  should  also  have  a  missionary 
in  the  held.  The  Norwood  Church 
believes  most  heartily  in  the  Living- 
link  plan.  W.  J.  Shelburne. 

Norwood,  Ohio. 


Mrs.  J.  C.  Ogden 
Batang, 

Border  of  Tibet 


57  W.  J.  SHELBURNE 


A  JOY 


This  church  is  glad  to  maintain 
the  Living-link  rela¬ 
tionship. 


A.  W.  FORTUNE 

Walnut  Hills  Church,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 


58  J.  H.  GOLDNER 


A.  F.  Hensey 
Bolenge,  Africa 


SPIRITUAL  OPPORTUNITY 


The  first  Sunday  in  March,  hitherto  endured,  is  now 
hailed  with  joy  as  a  time  of  inspiration  and  spiritual  op¬ 
portunity;  with  half 
the  former  effort  we 
now  can  raise  double 
the  former  sums  of 
money.  I  no  longer 
need  to  talk  the 
money  out  of  the 
people,  but  present 
the  opportunity,  and 
they  seize  it  with 
avidity. 

J.  H.  Goldner. 

Euclid  Ave., 

Cleveland ,  Ohio. 


No 

Missionary 

assigned 


W.  F.  ROTHENBERGER 


MOST  WORTHY  EFFORTS 

The  Living-link  plan  is  a  most 
valuable  means  of  eliciting  from  a 
church  its  most  worthy  efforts  in 
missionary  activity.  It  acts  as  a 
wholesome  stimulus 
by  affording  a  defi¬ 
nite  objective,  and  by 
acquainting  the 
church  well  with  a 
given  field,  whose 
worker  it  prays  for 
and  supports. 

W.F.  Rothenberger 

Franklin  Circle , 

Cleveland,  O. 


No 

Missionary 

assigned 


t  > 


Miss 

Muriel  Moll  and 
Chu  Cheo,  China 


MORE  SELF-RESPECTING 

We  live  by  giving  life  to  others.  We  have  become 
more  self-respecting  since  we  support  Miss  Muriel  Mol- 
land  in  China. 

Our  life  has  grown 
larger  than  the  four 
walls  of  the  local 
church.  Larger  things 
are  now  being 
planned  for  our  own 
city.  We  believe  that 
a  few  years  of  this 
direct  contact  with 
missionary  work  will 
develop  us  into  a  truly 
spiritual  church. 

John  P.  Sala. 

Dayton ,  Ohio. 


59 


JOHN  P.  SALA 


JOHN  MULLEN 


C 


A  FORMER  PASTOR 

This  church  [First,  Findlay,  O.] 
supports  D.  O.  Cunningham,  who 
was  a  former  pastor  of  the  church. 
John  Mullen,  the  present  pastor, 
takes  a  lively  interest  in  the  mat¬ 
ter.  Mr.  Cunning¬ 
ham  is  a  very  useful 
man  at  Harda,  India. 

The  relationship  be¬ 
tween  the  church  and 
its  missionary  is  most 
beautiful  and  helpful. 


D.  O.  Cunningham 
Harda,  India 

} 


No 

Missionary 

assigned 


Chas.  R.  Oakley. 
Mansfield ,  Ohio. 


I  am  free  to  say  that  I  believe  that  the  supporting 
of  a  Living-link  has 
stimulated  all  of  the 
activities  of  the 
church,  both  in  mis¬ 
sions  and  the  local 
work,  and  the  history 
of  this  church  in  the 
last  three  years  bears 
out  the  statement. 


60 


C.  R.  OAKLEY 


F.  N.  CALVIN 


Dr.  E.  I.  Osgood 
Chu  Cheo,  China 


SIX  ADVANTAGES 


Some  advantages  in  the  Living- 
link  idea  are: 

(1)  It  gives  definiteness  to  our 
work.  (2)  We  obtain  tangible  re¬ 
sults.  (3)  We  know 
our  missionary  and 
what  he  is  doing. 

(4)  We  realize  that 
we  must  reach  a  cer¬ 
tain  definite  amount 
or  lose  all.  (5)  It 
spurs  to  action.  (6) 

We  get  better  results, 

F.  N.  Calvin. 


First  Church , 
Warren,  O. 


BLESSING  OF  MISSIONARY’S  VISIT 


We  are  especially  blest  this  year  in  having  our 
Living-link  missionary,  W.  H.  Erskine,  home  on 
furlough.  In  Sep- 


W.  H.  Erskine 
Akita,  Japan 


tember  Mr.  Erskine 
and  his  family  visited 
our  congregation,  and 
since  then  it  would 
be  especially  difficult 
to  persuade  our  peo¬ 
ple  that  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sions  are  in  any  sense 
shadowy  or  intan¬ 
gible.  They  feel  that  their  church 
in  Akita,  Japan,  claims  their  pray¬ 
ers  and  support  as  definitely  as 
their  church  in  Youngstown.  Per¬ 
haps  in  this  personal  touch  and 
definiteness  is  found  the  chief  value 
of  the  Living-link  plan. 

Wm.  Dunn  Ryan. 


Central  Church,  Youngstown,  0. 


61 


WM.  D.  RYAN 


INCREASINGLY  HELPFUL 

The  Living-link  relationship  of 
this  church  is  increasingly  pleas¬ 
ing  and  helpful. 


L.  G.  BATMAN 
First.  Church,  Youngstown,  Ohio 


No 

Missionary 

assigned 


C 


No 

Missionary 

assigned 


ALIVE  AND  REAL 


No  more  beautiful  and  vital  plan  has  yet  been  sug¬ 
gested  than  the  one 
of  a  church  having  its 
own  missionary  at 
work  in  the  held.  It 
makes  the  business 
alive  and  real. 


Wallace  Tharp. 


First  Church , 
Allegheny,  Pa. 


62  WALLACE  THARP 


EASY  TO  DO  A  BIG  THING 


JOHN  RAY  EWERS 


With  all  my  heart  I  believe  in  the 
Living-link  idea.  Perhaps  that  accounts 
for  the  fact  that  the  First  Church,  Youngs¬ 
town,  Ohio,  became  such  under  my  min¬ 
istry,  and  that  coming  to  the  East  End 
and  finding  one  Living-link  we  promptly 
attempted  to  secure  two  and  succeeded. 
It  is  easy  to  do  a  big  thing.  Business 
men  like  to  know  what  their  investments 
are  yielding.  The  congrega¬ 
tion  likes  to  know  that  it  has 
a  minister  preaching  the 
gospel  abroad  and  also  one 
at  home.  The  letters  which 
come  back  from  the  mis¬ 
sionary  kindle  the  hearts 
here.  The  letters  we  re¬ 
ceive  from  Mr.  Alfred  Place 
are  the  messages  of  a  Chris¬ 
tian  Statesman.  We  are 
immensely  proud  of  him. 


Pittsburgh,  Pa.  John  Ray  Ewers. 


A.  W.  Place 
Tokio,  Japan 


C 


) 


AS  BINDING  AS  PERMANENT  PASTOR 


J.  G.  McGavran 
Bilaspur,  India 


The  Central  Christian  Church  of  Uniontown  is 
thoroughly  committed  to  the  Living-link  plan,  for  we 
support  our  own  mis¬ 


sionary  in  each  of 
three  fields — foreign, 
home,  and  state.  We 
do  not  care  to  do 
things  on  a  smaller 
scale.  Special  inter¬ 
est  seems  to  be  taken 
in  the  support  of  our 
missionary  in  India, 
and  there  is  no  more 
thought  of  discontin¬ 
uing  this  work  than  there  is  of  do¬ 
ing  without  a  pastor.  The  church 
has  prospered  under  this  plan  and 
the  Foreign  Society  can  count  on  us 
indefinitely.  Personally,  I  want  to 
say  that  I  am  proud  to  become  the 
pastor  of  a  church  which  carries  out 
such  a  policy. 

H.  Maxwell  Hall. 


63  H.  M.  HALL 


Uniontown,  Pa. 


THE  LIVING-LINK  PLAN  IN 


LICKING  COUNTY,  OHIO 


WM.  D.  WARD 

Newark ,  Ohio 


other  directions,  of  which 
dreamed. 


The  enterprise  of  providing  the  salary 
of  Miss  Sylvia  Siegfried  as  the  Living- 
link  Missionary  of  Licking  County  has 
brought  a  great  spiritual  blessing  to 
all  of  the  congregations  of  the  county, 
and  it  has  bound  us  together  as  never 
before.  This  common  fellowship  in  a 
w'orthy  task  has  indeed  linked  us  to¬ 
gether  and  to  our 
Lord  in  a  relation¬ 
ship  that  is  truly 
living  and  vital. 

It  is  well  called 
“the  Living-link 
Plan.”  It  has 
helped  us  to  find 
ourselves,  and 
has  uncovered 
possibilities  for 
service  in  still 
wre  had  never 
W.  D.  Ward. 


Miss  Sylvia  Siegfried 
Laoag,  P.  I. 

(  ...  ) 


Dr.  W.  M.  Hardy 
Batang, 

Tibetan  Border 


MOST  DISTANT  WORK 


This  congregation  enjoys  the  distinction  of  support¬ 
ing  one  of  its  own 
members  at  the  most 
remote  mission  sta¬ 
tion  in  the  wrorld. 


64 


CAREY  E.  MORGAN 

Nashville ,  Tenn. 


MORE  ABUNDANT  LIFE 


J.  O.  SHELBURNE 


C 


J.  O.  Shelburne. 
Central  Church , 
Dallas ,  Texas. 


What  the  blood  is  to  the  life  of 
the  body,  missions  is  to  the  church. 
Blood  is  not  life,  but  an  agency  of 
life;  missions  not  life, 
but  an  agency  where¬ 
by  God  gives  life,  and 
just  as  necessary  to 
the  life  of  the  church 
as  the  blood  is  to  the 
body.  It  is  a  happy 
wording,  “Living- 
link.” 


3 


Mrs.  P.  A.  Davey 
Tokyo,  Japan 


HELPED  BUILD  CHURCH 


It  gives  me  pleasure  to  bear  humble  testimony  to 
the  power  of  the  Living-link  idea  when  passing  through 
the  trying  experiences 


Mrs.  F rank  Garrett 
Nankin,  China 


of  a  church  build¬ 
ing  enterprise.  Our 
experience  seems  to 
have  an  added  value 
when  we  remember 
that  we  were  not  only 
passing  through  the 
struggle  incident  to 
building,  but  a  deli¬ 
cate  readjustment  of  church  work  in 
our  city  when  we  dissolved  entire  mem¬ 
bership  and  began  anew  in  this  new 
territory.  Our  Bible  school  has  rarely 
fallen  below  our  average  of  near  four 
hundred,  our  income  for  administration 
and  building  has  gone  up  from  $3,000 
to  $7,000  per  year  E.  M.  Waits. 

Magnolia  Ave.  Church , 

Ft.  Worth ,  Texas.  65 


E.  M.  WAITS 


IT  SETS  A  STANDARD 


P.  J.  RICE 


The  chief  value  of  the  Living- 
link  ideal  is  in  the  standard  it  sets 
for  Churches.  In  a  general  way  a 
church  usually  does  about  what  it 
sets  out  to  do.  The  problem  with 
every  pastor  is  to  get  the  church 
committed  to  definite  undertakings. 
It  is  so  easy  to  be  satisfied  with  con¬ 
ventional  plans  and 
attainments.  The 
Living-link  idea  pre¬ 
sents  a  standard  of  ef¬ 
ficiency  in  missionary 
giving  somewhat  in 
advance  of  what  the 
church  has  heretofore 
undertaken,  and  it 
presents  it  in  such  a 
way  as  to  make  it 
seem  deservable  and 
practical. 

P.  J.  Rice. 

El  Paso ,  Texas. 


No 

Missionary 

assigned 


Justin  E.  Brown, 
Lu  Cheo  fu,  China 

Also  supports 
Dr.  C.  C.  Kline 
under  appointment. 


C 


THE  PLACE  TO  BEGIN 


This  church  has  five  Living-links  and  is  thus  very 
rich  in  the  splendid  fellowship  of  these  godly  men.  The 
place  to  begin  is  to 
put  the  emphasis  on 
foreign  missions 

When  once  the 
church  is  interested 
in  the  “other  na¬ 
tions,”  it  is  no  trouble 
to  get  them  inter¬ 
ested  in  the  mission¬ 
ary  work  of  the  home 
land. 


W.  S.  Lockhart. 
Houston ,  Texas. 


66  W.  S.  LOCKHART 


EASY  TO  RAISE  THE  MONEY 


HUGH  McLELLAN 


The  money  most  easily  raised  this  year 
in  Central  Church  was  the  $600  for  our 
Living-link.  There  were  two  reasons  for 
this:  First ,  We  had  a  joy  and  pride  in 

doing  something  worthy  for 
the  foreign  work;  Second , 

There  is  an  added  sense  of 
responsibility  in  feeling 
that  at  least  one  of  God’s 
servants  looks  to  us  for 
support  and  cheer. 

Hugh  McLellan. 

San  Antonio ,  Texas. 


Dr.  W.  N.  Lemmon 
Laoag,  I5.  I. 


C 


) 


Melvin  Menges 
Matanzas,  Cuba 


a  definite  goal 


We  believe  our  doing  a  definite  work  sets  before  the 
congregation  a  definite  goal  and  gives  to  us.  all  a  sense 
of  definiteness  in  doing 
our  part  in  world-wide 
evangelization.  Interest 
is  created,  responsibility 
begotten,  and  we  rejoice 
in  doing  to  the  full  meas¬ 
ure  of  our  ability. 

C.  M.  Watson. 

Norfolk ,  Va. 


67 


C.  M.  WATSON 


THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL, 
TOO 


H.  D.  C.  MACLACHLAN 


The  Living-link  plan  is  the  only 
plan  for  doing  big  things.  It  gives 
a  concreteness  to  missionary  effort 
which  is  otherwise  lacking.  Not 
only  should  all  our  churches  be  Liv¬ 
ing-links,  but  our  Sunday-schools 
also:  and  when  large 
enough  every  depart¬ 
ment  in  the  School 
should  have  its  spe¬ 
cial  Mission  Station, 
or  evangelist,  or  full- 
grown  missionary 
whom  it  supports  by 
its  faith  and  works. 

H.  D.  C.  Maclach- 
lan,  Richmond ,  Va. 


W.  R.  Hunt 


Shanghai,  China 


C 


D 


Dr.  Royal  J.  Dye 
Bolenge,  Africa 


INCREASED  EFFICIENCY 


“The  First  Christian  Church,  Seattle,  Wash.,  be¬ 
lieves  in  the  ‘Living-link’  plan.  Dr.  Royal  J.  Dye, 
Bolenge,  Africa,  is  its 
‘minister  abroad.’ 

The  contact  with  his 
life  and  work  has  not 
only  deepened  the 
spiritual  life  of  this 
congregation,  but  has 
increased  its  efficiency 
along  all  lines  of  serv- 


Joseph  L.  Garvin. 

First  Church , 

Seattle ,  Wash. 


68 


JOSEPH  L.  GARVIN 


W.  A.  MOORE 


ANY  AVERAGE  CHURCH 
CAN  DO  IT 

Wealth  has  increased  more  dur¬ 
ing  the  past  century  than  in  the  pre¬ 
ceding  eighteen.  This  marvelous 
increase  makes  it  not  only  possible 
but  our  unquestioned  obligation  to 
send  the  gospel  to  all  in  darkness. 
The  average  congregation  of  two 
hundred  members  in  America  can 
send  a  representative  to  the  foreign 
field  and  be  stronger 
in  local  work  as  well 
as  in  State  and  home 
missions  because  of 
the  effort.  Any  board 
representing  a  larger 
congregation  should 
be  embarrassed  to 
have  it  said,  “They 
support  but  one  mis¬ 
sionary.” 

W.  A.  Moore 
Tacoma ,  Wash. 


Missionary 
not  yet 
assigned 


C 


} 


A  DIVINE  BLESSING 


Mrs.  A.  F.  Hensey 
Bolenge,  Africa 


Divine  blessing  lies  in  the  path  of  human  duty. 
Christ’s  “Lo!  I  am  with  you  alway”  follows  immedi¬ 
ately  his  “Go  ye  into  all  the  world.”  “ Go ”  and  “ Lo.  ” 
Condition  and  fulfill- 


ment.  It  has  been  so 
with  the  Central 
Church  here.  Five 
years  ago  a  single 
church.  Now  five 
churches.  Four  years 
ago  a  church  debt  of 
$5,000.  Now  free 
from  debt.  Three 
years  ago  less  than 
$100  to  all  missions.  Now  $1,200; 
one  missionary  to  Africa  and  two 
to  West  Virginia.  This  and  a 
$3,000  tabernacle  meeting  and  a 
doubled  membership.  Truly  the 
light  that  shines  farthest  shines 
brightest  at  home. 

C.  H.  Bass. 


Central  Church ,  Huntington ,  W.  Va. 


69 


C.  Id.  BASS 


HELPED  EVERYTHING 


WALTER  MANSELL 


Through  the  financial  stringency  here  this  year,  as 
well  as  the  raising  of  an  old  current  indebtedness, 
some  sentiment  was  started  early  in  the  year  against 
the  “Living-link”  idea.  But  the 
people  would  not  hear  to  it.  They 
said  we  must  have  our  Living-link 
pastor. 

For  years  it  has  been  the  most 
easily  raised  money  in  the  budget. 

Walter  Mansell. 

Washington ,  Pa. 


W.  H.  Hanna 
Vigan,  P.  I. 


Additional  Living-Links 

THE  FOLLOWING  IS  AN  ADDITIONAL  LIST  OF  LIVING-LINKS 
WHICH  WE  ARE  UNABLE  TO  ILLUSTRATE 


Churches 

Covina, Cal. — D.  F. Stafford,  Minister.  ! 

E.  R.  Moon,  Bolenge,  Africa. 

Fresno,  Cal. — Pastor  resigned. 

Mrs.  R.  S.  Wilson,  Bolenge,  Africa. 

Pacific  Grove,  Cal.  (Through  a  friend)  j 

Mrs.  H.  C.  Saum,  Bilaspur,  India. 

Jacksonville,  III.  —  Clyde  Darsie, 
Minister. 

No  missionary  assigned. 

Kansas  City,  Mo.  (Linwood  Blv’d) — 
B.  A.  Jenkins,  Minister. 

No  missionary  assigned. 

St.  Louis,  Mo.  (Union  Avenue)— B.  A. 
Abbott,  Minister. 

David  Rioch,  Mungeli,  India. 

North  Tonawanda,  N.  Y.  (Tabernacle) 
Pastor  resigned. 

Alexander  Paul,  Wuhu,  China. 

Cincinnati,  Ohio — Claire  L.  Waite, 
Minister. 

No  missionary  assigned. 

Elyria,  Ohio. — Geo.  B.  Ranshaw, 
Minister. 

R.  S.  Wilson,  Bolenge,  Africa. 

Pittsburgh,  Pa.  (Wilkinsburg) — Min¬ 
ister  resigned. 

D.  C.  McCallum,  Vigan,  P.  I. 

Churches  in  Johnson  County,  Ind. 

Miss  Josepha  Franklin,  Jubbulpore,  India. 

Churches  in  Linn  and  Benton  Coun¬ 
ties,  Ia. 

Miss  Stella  Lewis,  Osaka,  Japan. 

Churches  in  Topeka,  Kans. 

Mrs.  M.  B.  Madden,  Sendai,  Japan. 

Kentucky  University  and  College 
of  Bible. 

Miss  Kate  G.  Miller,  Wuhu,  China. 

Akron,  Ohio,  High  Street  Sunday 
School. 

Miss  Eva  May  Raw,  Nankin,  China. 


Churches  of  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Hospital  at  Chu  chow,  China. 

Churches  of  Nineteenth  District, 
Ohio. 

H.  C.  Saum,  Bilaspur,  India. 

Hiram  College  Student  Volunteer 
Band  and  Volunteer  Alumni. 

Hospital  Work,  Batang,  Tibetan  Border. 

Cameron  and  Marshall  County, 
W.  Va. — Minister  resigned. 

Mrs.  R.  R.  Eldred,  Longa,  Africa. 

Individual  Living-Links 

M.  J.  and  Cynthia  Allen,  Akron,  O. 
Miss  Rose  Armbruster,  Akita,  Japan. 

Miss  M.  Pugh,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

Mrs.  Justin  E.  Brown,  Lu  Chow  fu,  China. 

Miss  Stella  Ford,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Mrs.  B.  L.  Kershner,  Manila,  P.  I. 

Mrs.  Nell  Torrey,  Detroit,  Mich. 

B.  L.  Kershner,  Manila,  P.  I. 

C.  R.  Scoville,  Chicago,  III. 

Mrs.  L.  F.  Jaggard,  Longa,  Africa. 

G.  H.  Waters,  Pomona,  Cal. 

E.  R.  Moon,  Bolenge,  Africa. 

Frank  Main,  New  York  City. 

No  missionary  yet  assigned. 

Churches  in  Australia. 

P.  A.  Davey,  Tokyo,  Japan. 

Miss  Rose  Tonkin,  Shanghai,  China. 

Miss  Mary  Thompson,  Harda,  India. 

Churches  in  Maratime  Provinces, 
Canada, 

No  missionary  assigned. 

C.  W.  B.  M. 

Churches  in  England. 

Miss  Mary  McGavran,  Damoh,  India. 
Miss  Mary  Clark,  Damoh,  India. 

Churches  in  Canada. 

Miss  Mary  Rioch,  Tokyo,  Japan. 


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INDEX 


What  the  Living-link  Idea  Does . 5-10 

Arkansas — 

Fayetteville .  12 

California — 

Long  Beach .  13 

Los  Angeles  (First) .  14 

Los  Angeles  (Magnolia  Ave.) .  14 

Pasadena .  15 

Pomona .  16 

San  Diego  .  16 

Colorado — 

Denver  (Central) .  17 

Washington,  D.  C. — 

Vermont  Ave  .  17 


Missouri — 

Canton . 

Carrolton . 

Columbia . . 

Fulton  . 

Independence . 

Kansas  City  (First) . 

(Independence  Boulevard) 

Maryville . 

Liberty  . 

Mexico . 

Moberly . 

Nevada  . 

Paris . 

Hannibal . 

Marshall  . 

St.  Joseph  (First) . 

St.  Louis  (Hamilton  Ave.) . 


Illinois — 

Chicago  (Englewood)  . 

(Hyde  Park)  . 

Charleston . 

Galesburg  . 

Eureka . 

Lawrenceville  . 

Champaign  . 

Paris . 

Rock  Island . 

Springfield . 

Peoria . 

Indiana — 

Anderson . 

Angola . 

Bloomington . 

Columbus  . 

Frankfort . 

Indianapolis  (Central)  . 

(Seventh)  . 

Lebanon  . 

New  Albany  . 

Rushville . 

South  Bend  . 

Iowa — 

Cedar  Rapids  . 

Centerville . 

Des  Moines  (Central)  . 

(Capitol  Hill) .... 
(University  Place) 
Pleasantville . 

Kansas— 

Wichita  (Central) . 

Highland . 


Nebraska — 

18  Beatrice . 

18  Bethany . 

19  Lincoln . 

19  i 

20  [  New  York- 

20  |  Buffalo  (Forest  Ave.)  .  .  . 

21  |  “  (Richmond  Ave.) 

21  “  (Jefferson  St.)  .  . 

22  Brooklyn  (Sterling  Place) 

22  Niagara  Falls  . 

12  j  North  Tonawanda . 

Troy . 


23 

23 

24 

24 

25 

25 

26 
26 
27 

27 

28 


28 

29 

29 
12 

30 

31 


31 

32 


Ohio — 

Akron . 

Alliance  . 

Canton . 

Cincinnati  (Evanston) . 

(Walnut  Hills)  .  . 
Cleveland  (Euclid  Ave.)  .  .  . 

(Franklin  Circle) 

Dayton . 

Findlay  . 

Mansfield . 

Licking  Co . 

Millersburg . 

Norwood . 

Warren . 

Youngstown  (Central)  .  .  . 

(First) . 

Pennsylvania— 

Allegheny . 

Pittsburgh  (East  End) . 

LTniontown . 

Washington . 


Kentucky — 

Nicholas  Co . 

Cyntliiana . 

Danville . 

Frankfort . 

Georgetown . 

Harrodsburg . 

Hopkinsville . 

Lexington  (Central)  . 

(Broadway) . 

Louisville  (Broadway) . 

“  (First) . 

Owensboro . 

Paducah  . 

Winchester  . 

Richmond  . 

Maryland 

Baltimore  (Christian  Temple) 
Hagerstown . 

Michigan — 

Detroit  (Central) . 

Minnesota— 

Minneapolis  . 


44 

32 

33 

33 

34 

34 

35 

35 

36 

36 

37 

37 

38 

39 
15 


39 

40 


Tennessee — 

Nashville . 

Texas — 

Dallas  (Central) . 

Ft.  Worth  (Magnolia  Ave.) 

Houston . 

El  Paso  . 

San  Antonio . 

Virginia — 

Norfolk . . 

Richmond  . 

Washington — 

Seattle  (First)  .  .  .• . 

Tacoma  (First) . 

West  Virginia — 

Huntington . 


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41 


Additional  Churches 

C.  W.  B.  M . 

Individual  Support  .  . 
Colleges  . 


41 

42 

42  * 

43 

43 


44 

45 

46 

45 

47 

46 

47 

48 

48 

49 

49 

50 


51 

51 

52 


54 

52 

53 
50 

53 

54 

55 


55 

56 

56 

57 

58 

58 

59 

59 

60 
60 
64 
38 
57 
61 
61 
62 


62 

63 

63 

70 


64 


65 

65 

66 
66 
67 


67 

67 


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69 


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